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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. SLAUGHTER,

oF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HEAD-REST T0 BE USED IN RAILWAY-CARS.

Specification of Letters IEatent No. 15,581, dated August 19, 1856.

To all` whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. B. SLAUGIITER, of' the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful article, which I have designated` by the name of a Personal-Attachment Head- Rest,7 for the use of night travelers by railroad and others; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this description.

A, B, B, is a yoke fitted to the shoulders and held firmly to its place by the girth G, which is attached to the extremities of the shoulder straps of the yoke B, B. The pad D is designed to receive the head and is supported by the standard C, to which it is attached by the hinge h, h. The object of the hinge it, h, is to allow the pad D to adjust itself exactly to the position of the head. The standard Gr is inserted into the socket S in the posterior part of the yoke A. The parts A, and B, B, of the yoke at B, B, are united by a joint at I, I, for the purpose of making the Whole more portable. The object of the yoke A, B, B, is to form a base for the standard C, andas such, it derives its firmness from its attachment to the person by means of the girth Gr, passing under the arms and buckling behind the body.

What I claim as my invention is- The yoke as set forth in the description, together with its mode of attachment to the person, and the combination of the head-rest with the yoke in the manner described so that it can be attached to the person and made to serve the purpose of a head-rest without any other attachment, substantially as set forth.

WM. B. SLAUGHTER.

Signed in presence of- HENRY CHAPMAN, LEV-I S. ATWooD. 

